“If I don’t say it, who will?”
Elica Le Bon never planned to become a public voice. She trained as a lawyer, practiced criminal defense, and lived what most would call a successful private life. But when she saw truth collapsing under propaganda, she stepped forward. She says her heart—and her conscience—left her no choice.
“If I don’t say it, who will?”
Elica was born in London to Iranian parents who fled the Islamic Republic. Her mother was once imprisoned by the regime. Those memories—stories of censorship, fear, and persecution—were part of her childhood. They taught her that silence is dangerous.
For years, she built a legal career in the United States. Then came October 7. The attacks on Israel, the global reaction that followed, and the double standard she saw in Western coverage convinced her she could not remain quiet.
“I was learning more about Israel. I was learning more about the Jewish experience… and how propaganda has rewritten the story.”
She began speaking out publicly, first on social media, then on television panels, podcasts, and news outlets. Her Iranian background gave her credibility to expose hypocrisy in both the Iranian regime and parts of the West. She warned that silence and selective outrage were feeding the same forces that crushed freedom in her parents’ homeland.
“When we were screaming that they were killing Iranian women for not wearing a hijab, where were you?”
“We’ve been clear about what we want, which is peace.”
In interviews, she connects these causes—freedom for Iranian women, safety for Israeli citizens, and moral clarity in the West. Her message is simple: the same ideology that enslaves women in Tehran threatens truth in Tel Aviv and New York.
“It is very clear that we are now stepping into a leftist and Islamist alliance.”
The stance has come at a cost. She has been harassed online, accused of being secretly Israeli or “a government agent.” She calls the smear campaigns exhausting but also predictable.
“I was accused of lying about being secretly Jewish. That’s the price of telling the truth,” she told Newsweek.
Even so, she keeps going. Elica now appears at human-rights events, women’s forums, and Jewish community gatherings, calling herself “a bridge between the Iranian and Israeli people.” Recently, she spoke at a “Women for Israel” event, urging others to be visible when truth is under fire. Her courage has made her a target—but also a light.
Elica Le Bon fits the heart of the Esther story. She had a comfortable life, a respected profession, and every reason to stay quiet. Yet she risked her reputation and safety to defend life and truth. She knows the price of silence, and she refuses to pay it.
“And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
Esther 4:14, NIV
Her “royal position” is not a throne. It’s a phone camera, a courtroom background, and a conviction that truth is sacred.
Each of us has a version of that platform. The question is whether we will use it.
If not me, then who?
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Today’s Prayer
Lord, thank You for the voice of Elica Le Bon. Strengthen her resolve, protect her family, and bless her words with influence and compassion. Make us, too, faithful Esthers who defend truth with love and courage. Amen.
